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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST MATTHEW</span>
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CHAPTER 9
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Jesus forgives sins, heals a paralytic, and calls Matthew—He eats with sinners; a woman is healed by touching his garments; and he raises Jairus’ daughter to life—He opens blind eyes, casts out a devil, and preaches the gospel.
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And</span> he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
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And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/2a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR stroke, paralysis.">palsy</a>, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 7: 50.">faith</a> said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/9/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 68: 6; D&C 112: 4.">cheer</a>; thy <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/9/2d" mark="d" type="A" title="D&C 25: 3; D&C 62: 3.">sins</a> be forgiven thee.
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And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This <i>man</i> blasphemeth.
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And Jesus <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of.">knowing</a> their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/5a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 9: 5 For is it not easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, than to say, Arise and walk?.">For</a> whether is easier, to say, <i>Thy</i> sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
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But that ye may know that the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Son of Man.">Son</a> of man hath <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/6b" mark="b" type="R" title="GR authority; TG Jesus Christ, Authority of.">power</a> on earth to <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/9/6c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Forgiveness.">forgive</a> sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
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And he arose, and departed to his house.
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But when the multitudes saw <i>it,</i> they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
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&#182; And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 5: 27 (27-32).">Matthew</a>, sitting at the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/9b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR tax office.">receipt</a> of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me.  And he arose, and followed him.
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&#182; And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
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And when the Pharisees saw <i>it,</i> they said unto his disciples, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 53: 3 (1-3); Isa. 65: 5.">Why</a> eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
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But when Jesus heard <i>that,</i> he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
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But go ye and learn what <i>that</i> meaneth, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 6: 6.">I</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/13b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR desire.">will</a> have <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/9/13c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Mercy.">mercy</a>, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/9/13d" mark="d" type="A" title="1 Tim. 1: 15.">call</a> the <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/9/13e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteous</a>, but sinners to <sup>f</sup><a href="matt/9/13f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Repentance.">repentance</a>.
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&#182; Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
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And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them?  but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Fasting.">and</a> then shall they <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/15b" mark="b" type="H" title="JST Matt. 9: 18-21 (Appendix).">fast</a>.
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No man putteth a piece of <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/16a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR unshrunken.">new</a> cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
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Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
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&#182; While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 8: 41.">ruler</a>, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Administrations to the Sick; TG Hands, Laying on of.">hand</a> upon her, and she shall <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/9/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 66: 9.">live</a>.
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And Jesus arose, and followed him, and <i>so did</i> his disciples.
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&#182; And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/20a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR hemorrhage.">issue</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lev. 15: 25.">blood</a> twelve years, came behind <i>him,</i> and touched the hem of his garment:
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For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/21a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR free from disease.">whole</a>.
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But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Healing.">whole</a>. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
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And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
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He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.  And they <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/24a" mark="a" type="S" title="GR ridiculed him; 1 Ne. 8: 27 (26-27); TG Laughter.">laughed</a> him to scorn.
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But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
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And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
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&#182; And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, <i>Thou</i> Son of David, have mercy on us.
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And when he was come into the house, the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 20: 30 (30-34); John 9: 1 (1-4); Mosiah 3: 5; 3 Ne. 17: 9 (7-10); D&C 84: 69.">blind</a> men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/28b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR Do you have faith that.">Believe</a> ye that I am able to do this?  They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
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Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Faith.">faith</a> be it unto you.
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And their <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 146: 8 (1-10).">eyes</a> were <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/30b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Healing; TG Miracles.">opened</a>; and Jesus <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/9/30c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR warned them sternly.">straitly</a> charged them, saying, See <i>that</i> no man know <i>it.</i>
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But they, when they were departed, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mark 7: 36.">spread</a> abroad his <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/31b" mark="b" type="A" title="John 12: 19.">fame</a> in all that country.
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&#182; As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 4: 24; Matt. 8: 16 (16, 28, 33).">devil</a>.
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And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
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But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
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And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/35a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 4: 23.">teaching</a> in their synagogues, and preaching the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/35b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 84: 80 (79-80); JS-M 1: 31.">gospel</a> of the kingdom, and <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/9/35c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 3: 5.">healing</a> every sickness and every disease among the people.
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&#182; But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/36a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Compassion.">compassion</a> on them, because <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/36b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR they were harassed.">they</a> fainted, and were scattered abroad, as <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/9/36c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Sheep.">sheep</a> having no <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/9/36d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd; TG Shepherds.">shepherd</a>.
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Then saith he unto his disciples, The <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/9/37a" mark="a" type="C" title="Luke 10: 2; TG Harvest.">harvest</a> truly <i>is</i> plenteous, but the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/9/37b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jacob 5: 70.">labourers</a> <i>are</i> few;
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Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
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